Meaning
(long) life
Chinese: 寿命、长寿，也用于祝寿。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “shou” becomes a different word in each tone. 寿 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 寿命shòu mìnglife span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
- 寿司shòu sīsushi
- 长寿cháng shòulongevity; long-lived
- 人寿rén shòuhuman lifespan; life insurance
- 大寿dà shòu(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
Example Sentence
我们祝爷爷健康长寿。Wǒ men zhù yé ye jiàn kāng cháng shòu.We wish Grandpa health and long life.
我们Wǒ menwe祝zhùto pray for爷爷yé ye(coll.) paternal grandfath健康jiàn kānghealth长寿cháng shòulongevity。